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Royal daVinci Linux Project
jsinnema writes: "According to Andy Surber (CompanionLink) at PDA Buzz Royal, Royal is trying to put as much into the Linux powered Royal daVinci as possible and still reach the target price range of $199-249. As memory prices change on a regular basis, so does the final specs. As it sits now, they are heading towards a product with 16 ROM and 32RAM (subject to change). The device should also have a compact flash slot, which could also provide additional memory. The product will be based on the Tosiba MIPS processor." Looks very vaporous right now, but if its real, it looks sweet. Kurt the Pope just got WinCE based HP Jornada 548, and now I'm super impressed with PDAs again (although it is only 12-bit color and was until recently advertised as 16). Between this DaVinci or maybe the Yopy, hopefully we'll have a Linux PDA soon too.
I know that I, and most /.'ers would *love* a Linux PDA, but let's think if it's really necessary. Why shoehorn Linux in everywhere we can find an IC? I think that better efforts could be put into improving the connectivity between desktop linux and PDAs.
I don't know where it's all heading, but this whole "world domination" thing feels a little wierd to me. Is Linux really the answer to *every* question?
World Domination is either achieved by force (Microsoft, or Castro) or by simply being better (e.g. capitalism, in it's original form). Let's be better with Linux. I'm not saying don't put it on a PDA, but let's think first.
We really, really need to make Linux into something more than just a more stable and free version of Windows.